I’m Nicole Negowetti, founder of Food for Us, and for more than 15 years I’ve been working at the crossroads of food, health, and democracy.

My path began as a lawyer and professor, teaching food law and policy at Valparaiso University School of Law, Harvard Law School, and Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Along the way, I co-founded the Northwest Indiana Food Council, launched the Sustainable Sourcing Initiative at the Plant Based Foods Institute, and worked closely with farmers, food companies, local leaders, and policymakers to design practical strategies for change.

Through these experiences, I’ve learned that food is never just about diets or farming. It’s about health, belonging, justice, and how we live together on this Earth. It is where some of our deepest divisions show up, and also where I’ve seen the greatest potential to find common ground.

I’m also a writer. My forthcoming book, Feeding the Future: Restoring the Planet and Healing Ourselves (2026), invites readers to step back from narrow debates about “feeding the world” and instead ask: what kind of future do we want to inhabit, and how can food help us get there? I also share ongoing reflections and essays on my Substack, Food For Us, where I explore food, health, and democracy through the lens of complexity and regeneration.

Today, I focus on:

• Education: speaking, teaching, and writing to help people see food as a gateway to larger questions of health, democracy, and ecology.

• Consulting: advising organizations, funders, and communities on post-partisan strategies for regenerative food systems.

• Dialogue: facilitating conversations across divides—farmers and doctors, advocates and policymakers, conservatives and progressives—where food can become a bridge instead of a battleground.

And beyond the professional side: I’m a mom to two young boys, an ultrarunner, and someone who feels most alive in the forest or by a fire.

Food for Us is my invitation to reclaim nourishment as a shared act of care and connection, and to imagine a future where food systems serve life, not profit.